Today is Resurrection Monday. Yesterday was Easter, and I cried. It was a small thing that triggered it on top of something else that happened the night before. That sparked a cascade of past hurts. You know how that happens. I haven’t even cried during Covid. Well, until until yesterday. We live a pretty quiet, […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 1 (Still Saturday)
LIVE! Word Count: 1 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. Live. Live now. Drink deep. Live deep. Live into this moment. Live forever. Because though they stretched Him out like a carcass, like a trophy, death could not hold Him. He roared and rose. HE’S ALIVE. Alleluia! […]
Scripture Sunday: Come
Death could not hold Him, and He’s coming again! ALLELUIA! Blessings on this Easter Sunday. In the stillness, Sandy
Counting Down to Easter 2014: 1 Word (Still Saturday)
be Word Count: 1 Day 6 – Day 1 Be In silence we’re not in control. Something larger holds us captive, and enough is enough in the interim between time. Be. Today’s Reading: Revelation 17 – Revelation 22 Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more […]
Counting Down to Easter 2014: 2 Words
between time Word Count: 2 Today’s Reading: Revelation 8 – Revelation 16 Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more here. In the stillness, Sandy
Counting Down to Easter 2014: 6 Words
In silence we’re not in control. Word Count: 6 Today’s Reading: James 1 – 5 Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Also… today is the official launch day for L.L. Barkat’s book, Love, Etc.: Poems of Love, Laughter, Longing and Loss. I’ve shared excerpts here, here, […]
scripture sunday: he is risen!
He is not here, for he has risen, just as He said. ~Matthew 28:6a (NASB) ********** And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son […]
still saturday: finished
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the […]
God on his knees
I spoke once, maybe twice that day. Poured myself out, and what energy remained leaked through the cold metal of the folding chair and pooled on the floor. I sat towards the back of the room, and I wanted to engage with the next speaker, to let her words seep deep. But my head […]
in which i stretch out my palms
I stretch out on the blue carpet in front of the family room fireplace, palms up. And I beg God to let me feel the pain, to identify with what Jesus experienced as spikes seared his flesh. But as I wait in the stillness, I sense these words. “It is finished. Done. Over. Paid for […]
